{"id":149,"date":"2022-02-05T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2024-11-15T01:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T01:13:06","slug":"quick-mexican-pizza-taco-bell-copycat-gone-but-never-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mexican-Pizza-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mexican-Pizza-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mexican-Pizza-2.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mexican-Pizza-2.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Taco Meat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">1 Lb Ground Beef<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1 Packet Taco Seasoning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1\/3 Cup Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mexican Pizza Crust<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">1\/4 Cup Vegetable Oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">8 Flour Tortillas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Beans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">1 Can (15 oz) Refried Beans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mexican Pizza Toppings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">2 Cups Shredded Mexican Cheese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1 Can (10 oz) Enchilado Sauce or 10 oz <a href=\"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/?p=58\">Taco Sauce<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">2 Plum Tomatoes &#8211; diced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">1 Can (3.8 oz) Black Olives &#8211; sliced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Taco Meat<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Cook the taco meat in accordance to the directions on the taco seasoning packet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mexican Pizza Crust<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Heat the oil in a small skillet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">With a knife or fork, poke holes in the tortillas to avoid them from bubbling up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Fry the tortillas, about 1-2 minutes per side. Be careful not to burn the tortillas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Beans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Cook the beans in accordance to the directions on the can of beans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Building Your Mexican Pizza <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Pre-heat your oven to Broil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">On a cookie sheet, place one crispy tortilla and top with a thin layer of refried beans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Add approximately 1\/4 Cup of taco meat on top of the beans and top with some cheese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Place another crispy tortilla on top of the cheese and smother it with the enchilada sauce or Taco Sauce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Add another layer of cheese and place the cookie sheet into the oven to melt the cheese. Be careful not to burn the tortillas or cheese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Remove the Mexican Pizza from the oven and top with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, black olives, and drizzle with more Taco Sauce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Serve or top with a side of source cream or crema, your preference. Enjoy and reminisce about the good old days!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Taco Meat Mexican Pizza Crust Beans Mexican Pizza Toppings Directions Taco Meat Mexican Pizza Crust Beans Building Your Mexican Pizza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,10,68,9,40],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-dish","tag-copycat","tag-fire-sauce","tag-mexican-pizza","tag-taco-bell","tag-tacos"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesavouryneighbor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}